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FLOT vs SHV: Differences, Returns & Fees

FLOT's duration was 0.0 years on Jul 31, 2026 and SHV's 0.3 on May 31, 2026; both charge 0.15%. Net assets on Oct 20, 2026: $11.5bn for iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF and $23.5bn for iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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Both cost 0.15% a year; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points; SHV is 2.0 times larger.

FLOT vs SHV: Differences, Returns & Fees
FLOTSHV
Expense ratio0.15%0.15%
Net assets$11.5bn$23.5bn
Total return, 1 year+4.3%+3.6%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQICE Short US Treasury Securities Index
Holdings in commonreport dates differ

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

+4.3%
FLOT total return, 1 year
+3.6%
SHV total return, 1 year
0.15%
FLOT expense ratio
0.15%
SHV expense ratio

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Client brief · page 1 of 2Report BR-65A17473A4

FLOT and SHV are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. What each follows. FLOT follows not read by ETFIQ and SHV follows ICE Short US Treasury Securities Index.
  2. Number of holdings. FLOT holds 557 positions and SHV holds 67.
  3. One-year total return (similar). Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 FLOT returned +4.3% and SHV +3.6% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 0.7 points.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.

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On the same fields

FLOT
iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF
SHV
iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF
Issuer iShares iShares
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of 0-1 Year Treasury Bond
Total return, 1 year +4.3% +3.6%
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.15%
Holdings 557 67
Net assets $11.5bn $23.5bn

FLOT and SHV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About FLOT

FLOT tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +4.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

About SHV

SHV tracks an index of 0-1 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +3.6% with distributions reinvested.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FLOT or SHV?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FLOT returned +4.3% and SHV +3.6%.
Which is cheaper, FLOT or SHV?
Neither: FLOT and SHV both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
FLOT and SHV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FLOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for FLOT ↗SHV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for SHV ↗

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